Do they never tire of being the world's biggest bully?

It seems that the Catholic Church has found a new way to make live miserable for people who don’t respect their authoritah: have them arrested for stating facts.

Last month we started a petition in support of Sanal Edamaruku, the President of the Indian Rationalist Association facing charges of “deliberately hurting religious feelings” over his exposure of a supposed miracle at a Catholic church in Mumbai. Edamaruku pointed out on TV that the source of “holy water” dripping from a crucifix in the church was in fact a leaky pipe, and this prompted three local Catholic organisations with close connections to the Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay to file complaints against him with the police.

Having been denied “anticipatory bail”, Edamaruku was at risk of being held in custody ahead of any trial, and was forced to avoid his home whole he filed for anticipatory bail with the High Court in Mumbai.

Look, Catholic Church, I know you all have a reputation to uphold, but seriously…

…can you just take a break, for a while, from being horrible, disgusting, human-rights-stomping assholes? I realize that assholery, horribleness and the stomping of rights are your job, but perhaps you could take a little holiday?

Just, look at this. There’s a church in Mumbai that has some water dripping from a crucifix, and they’ve been telling their parishioners that this dripping water is of miraculous origin. So, this dude Sanal Edamaruku comes in and says, actually, that water is just from a leaking pipe. And you all accuse him of “deliberately hurting religious feelings” and sic the police on him? You all have “hurt feelings” and so he needs to be put in jail? Really?!

It would be nice if I could go a week without hearing of some fresh atrocity coming from the Catholic hierarchy. Wouldn’t you like to take a bit of time off from work, and come back feeling all refreshed for a new round of stabbing kittens through the face?